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Opelousas man indicted in multi-state drug case

Daily World
Published 10:05 a.m. CT Aug. 9, 2017

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West Melbourne police charged two people with running a marijuana grow house Wednesday.

An Opelousas man has been indicted in connection to an alleged multi-state marijuana trafficking organization, and faces racketeering, murder and conspiracy charges.

Marcus Etienne, aka Hitler, was indicted Wednesday on charges of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana, murder in connection with continuing criminal enterprise, use of firearm to commit murder, racketeering conspiracy, VICAR murder and VICAR conspiracy to commit murder.

According to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice, the charges stemmed from the alleged running of a trafficking operation that distributed marijuana from California to Louisiana and Texas, and the murder of Trince Thibodeaux on March 22, 2016.

The indictment alleges that Etienne, along with Craig Marshall, of Houston, and Mario Robinson, of Oakland, California, acted in concert to murder Thibodeaux.

Additionally Etienne and Elizabeth Gobert, Etienne's wife, were previously indicted on conspiracy to distribute marijuana charges in February. Wednesday's indictment also charges Gobert and Etienne with conspiracy to murder Robinson in May.

Etienne remains in custody in California based on the February indictment. Gobert, who was released on bail following the February indictment, was re-arrested Sunday.

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